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Followup to "President Obama, Apologize to Iran!": pt 2

2009-07-16T23:53:38.019Z

The Association of Researchers and Teachers of Qum have challenged the legitimacy of the Ahmadinejad regime:

http://www.nytimes.com/2009/07/05/world/middleeast/05iran.html?_r=2

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/ml_iran_discontented_clerics

Iran’s Revolutionary Guard has taken over and is stifling dissent:

http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/world/la-fg-iran7-2009jul07,0,1530538.story

AP story detailing how hardline Ayatollah Mohammad Yazdi is bolstering the Revolutionary Guard’s resolve to crush dissent:

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/ml_iran_discontented_clerics

Report in Al-Arabya in June that Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani was trying to form a collective leadership to replace Khameini:

http://www.alarabiya.net/articles/2009/06/21/76567.html

Very important story by Steve Schippert that discusses the potentially huge implications if Ayatollah Ali al-Sistani is trying to get rid of the Khamenei regime. This is a must read:

http://threatswatch.org/rapidrecon/2009/06/regime-change-iran-movement-se/

Fareed Zakaria of Newsweek writes:
http://www.newsweek.com/id/204225

“There is one way religion could be used against Iran's leaders, but it would involve an unlikely scenario: were Iraq-based Grand Ayatollah Ali al-Sistani to issue a fatwa condemning Tehran in any way, it would be a seismic event, probably resulting in the regime's collapse. Remember, Sistani is Iranian, probably more revered in the entire Shia world than any other ayatollah, and he is opposed to the basic doctrine of velayat-e faqih that created the Islamic Republic of Iran. His own view is that clerics should not be involved in politics, which is why he has steered clear of any such role in Iraq. But he is unlikely to publicly criticize the Iranian regime. (He did, however, refuse to see Ahmadinejad when the latter visited Iraq in March 2008.)”

For a transcript of this video see:

http://www.themaskedanalyst.com/VideoTranscripts/Followup%20to%20Obamas%20Iran%20speach.htm

Followup to "President Obama, Apologize to Iran!": pt 1

2009-07-16T23:45:08.917Z

President Obama, Apologize to Iran!

2009-07-16T23:31:38.972Z

An Apology by President Obama could change U.S./Iranian relations and pave the way to new elections.

The following link provides an overview of important contributions by Persian philosophers, scientists and mathemeticians.

http://www.payvand.com/news/07/aug/1219.html

The next two links lead to pages discussing Cyrus the Great and the first Charter of Human Rights.

http://www.iranchamber.com/history/cyrus/cyrus.php

http://www.iranchamber.com/history/cyrus/cyrus_charter.php

The following three links lead to pages about Abu Ali Sina, who is known in the West as Avicenna:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Avicenna

http://en.wikipedia.orG/wiki/The_Canon_of_Medicine

http://www.afghan-network.net/Culture/avicenna.html

The following link leads to an article about mathematician Muhammad al Khwarizmi.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Al-Khwarizmi

The following two links lead to articles about Omar Khayyam

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Khayam
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rubaiyat_of_Omar_Khayyam

The next two links lead to information about the CIA supported coup against Mossadegh in 1953:

http://www.nytimes.com/library/world/mideast/041600iran-cia-index.html

http://www.nytimes.com/library/world/mideast/041600iran-cia-intro.html

Khamenei calls the election a “Divine assessment.”

http://isaacs.new.newsvine.com/_news/2009/06/14/2928268-supreme-leader-of-iran-makes-tactical-mistake-opens-door-for-american-intervention

Over 39 million votes were counted in just over 12 hours, raising suspicions:

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/31375293/ns/world_news-mideastn_africa/page/2/

Abbas-Ali Kadkhodaei, the spokesman for the Iran’s Guardian Council, has admitted the number of votes that were cast exceeded the number of voters in 50 cities.

http://www.presstv.ir/detail.aspx?id=98711&sectionid=351020101

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While I didn’t mention anything from these two sources in my video, I highly recommend you read the following.
The Significance of former President Rafsanjani’s meeting with a representative of Ayatollah Ali al-Sistani, the most important Shiite leader in Iraq:

http://pajamasmedia.com/richardfernandez/2009/06/23/sea-change/

An Open Letter to the Iranian Guard from a Romanian General who was in their shoes

http://spectator.org/archives/2009/06/26/an-open-letter-to-the-psdrn-ge

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A transcript of this video can be found here:

http://www.themaskedanalyst.com/VideoTranscripts/Obamas%20Iran%20speach.htm

dprjones suspended on YouTube

2009-05-20T11:23:11.546Z

This is the video that got dprjones suspended from YouTube. I'd rate dprjones amongst the top five smartest people I know on YouTube.

The video was entitled "20 questions for Frankretard". OK, so it wasn't exactly polite, but does anyone really think this violates the Community Guidelines?

YouTube management…

CNN--The Censoring News Network??

2009-04-21T10:10:15.973Z

CNN DMCAd a video on YouTube, apparently to cover up some very unprofessional reporting by one of their reporters. Here is mirrored copy of the video:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kCOwIlfB7jI

Posts on the Founding Bloggers website discussing this incident:

http://www.foundingbloggers.com/wordpress/2009/04/founding-bloggers-exclusive-our-footage-of-the-cnn-chicago-tea-party-throwdown/

http://www.foundingbloggers.com/wordpress/2009/04/cnn-disappears-our-clip-a-follow-up/

The Founding Bloggers’ open letter to CNN:

http://www.foundingbloggers.com/wordpress/2009/04/an-open-letter-to-cnn/

Ben Sheffner is a copyright lawyer. He believes that the video fell within Fair Use. Here is his analysis:

http://copyrightsandcampaigns.blogspot.com/2009/04/cnn-makes-copyright-claim-on-video.html

A number of important court cases tell us we have a right to speak anonymously on the internet.

http://www.themaskedanalyst.com/The%20First%20Amendment%20Right%20to%20Anonymous%20Speech.htm

Our Founding Fathers valued the right to speak anonymously

http://www.themaskedanalyst.com/The%20importance%20of%20Anonymity.htm

John McCain’s election campaign was hit by some DMCAs. Waiting for 10 business days near election time in order to have videos restored is just too long:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d7b8Sgpx1sc

More about the Diebold case:

http://www.themaskedanalyst.com/Diebold%20v%20OPG.htm

The purpose of copyright law:

http://www.themaskedanalyst.com/The%20Purpose%20of%20Copyright%20Law.htm

The Copyright Alliance’s web site:

http://www.copyrightalliance.org/

The Copyright Alliance insists that Fair Use is not a right:

http://www.copyrightalliance.org/content.php?id=11#23

The Copyright Alliance’s Board of Directors—notice that Time Warner, which owns CNN is on the board:

http://www.copyrightalliance.org/content.php?id=44

Section 107 of the Copyright law:
http://www.copyright.gov/title17/92chap1.html#107

“…the fair use of a copyrighted work . . . is not an infringement of copyright.”

Section 108(f)(4) of the Copyright law:

http://www.copyright.gov/title17/92chap1.html#108

“Nothing in this section — in any way affects the right of fair use as provided by section 107,”

A copy of the transcript for this video can be found here:

http://www.themaskedanalyst.com/CNNs%20DMCA.htm